department stores getting squeezed. you have so many and so it s an open question whether this company can survive in the long run. we ll keep watching that. some stores are going to be closed on thanksgiving. why is that? thanksgiving shopping is becoming a thing of the past. the largest stores are closed on thanksgiving. walmart, target, costco, best buy, kohl s. this started in 2020 during the pandemic as a safety measure to prevent overcrowding in stores and it s tipped the last couple of years. the retailers have realized they don t need these major shopping holidays to make their sales numbers during the period they ve extended the holiday shopping season. people can just buy online at any time. they re not as reliant. plus, it s hard to get retail workers to want to work on thanksgiving. they want be to be with their family. stores have relented.
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around the corner. you may see big changes as you set out to complete your list. good to see you, nathaniel. this is breaking news. on thanksgiving day, a lot of stores will be closed after so many years of being open. why the change now? reporter: thanksgiving shopping is becoming a thing of the past. walmart, target, best buy, kohl s, other stores are closing their doors. they used to get a lot of criticism for not given their workers a break. early in the pandemic, they closed as a safety measure, safety precaution. that policy has continued the last couple years, so thanksgiving shopping no more. the retailers are less reliant on big sales days to drive, you know, driving shopping, so they
there s a safety measure in which we can t, you know, go out and do that. so when the winds and rains get too high, too forceful, where emergency efforts would be more dangerous than helpful, we have to hunker down. that s probably the hardest thing for us as responders to do is actually kind of seit and wat before we go out. those are things we talk to our responders and we ve been in contact with all our partners at a county level, all our other partners throughout the state of florida to make sure we re ready for it. once those winds die back down, it s go time. we re going out to take care of our public and our city and our county to make sure all of our situations are mitigated. you ve been in the community for a long time. what specifically about the ferocity of this storm worries you? how fast it s moving. that s one of my concerns. it s actually a slower moving storm with good forceful winds.